BUSS213 - Business Law and Ethics

Report Directions and Rubric

This Report is worth 10% of your grade

Outcomes

Completing this Assessment will help you to meet the following:

Course Outcomes

• Describe the U.S. Court system and how legal principles, contracts, sales, criminal law and the uniform commercial code affect cyber-law.

Deadline

Due by the end of Week 3 at 11:59pm, ET.

Directions

Below, is an example of how the chart can look based on the following sample scenario.

Sample Scenario:

Many legal principles impacting business operations are shaping the creation of a new legal arena sometimes referred to as cyber business law. For example, a new product slogan on a website might seem like a company's right to free speech under the First Amendment yet the out-of-state network provider might ban the slogan based upon its terms of service agreement. A lawsuit inevitably is triggered, and litigation leads to new law. Sometimes, these new laws can even pertain to criminal actions.

Scenario #

Field of Law

Contracts

Sales

Criminal Law

UCC

1.

1. Constitutional Law

2. Civil Law

1. Breach of Contract

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1. N/A

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Determine the following for each scenario: if legal action commences, would jurisdiction be in federal or state court, could a complaint be filed in civil or criminal court or both,

and what are the associated burdens of proof.

Review the following scenarios:

Scenario One: You purchase a $76,000 pencil drawing from an online art dealer in another state who claims it is an original Andy Warhol work. You later discover that the art piece is not an original work but a photocopy.

Scenario Two: Jane hires Bob, a local web designer, to create web-page for her small business. She pays him $5,000 to do the work via a clickwrap agreement (I accept; I agree) that appeared on Bob's web design website and which Jane clicked. There is no signature and no paper on record.

Scenario Three: Shannon became upset when a competing bakery owner went onto a community online message board and made false statements about Shannon's kitchen facilities being unsanitary. This resulted in the loss of many of Shannon's customers.

Complete the table provided; for each scenario, list 2-3 points under each category that affects that scenario.

Scenario #

Field of Law

Contracts

Sales

Criminal Law

UCC